Chapter 216: Kidnapping Nami
The remains of the Fish-Men scattered across the ground.
Kurome avoided the scattered limbs and leisurely walked over to the Evil Dragon's side.
"How dare you...!" The Evil Dragon, who had just regained consciousness, angrily shouted, "If we were in the sea, with you lowly species...!"
"Your words really are endless."
Pfft The sound of a blade cutting through flesh echoed, and Kurome coldly remarked, "You've already lost, don't deny it."
"Don't you even understand the basic principle that the victor takes all?"
The Evil Dragon, mocked by Kurome, continued to open and close his mouth, but no words came out. Blood and foam filled his breath, and his throat hissed, his hateful gaze slowly losing its focus.
"Nu, Brother ALong!" The only surviving Fish-Man, Little Eight, shouted.
"You should faint again." Eric kicked Little Eight unconscious.
It had to be said that even the regular humans in the pirate world were like cockroaches that couldn't be killed. The villagers who had been lying on the ground, injured, all stood up again.
They stared in shock at the scene before them. The Fish-Men, whom they couldn't even fight, had been defeated by a girl.
The first one to fall, Genzo, had long since recovered and moved. He approached Bellemere and widened his eyes in astonishment.
"A monster-like crew, the Evil Dragon Pirates, were actually defeated by a little girl... Who are these people?"
"..." As a former Navy officer, Bellemere obviously knew the name of this crew. She gritted her teeth and said, "Dawn Pirates."
"They're pirates too?!"
"Much stronger than the Evil Dragon Pirates. Their captain, Darren Eric , is even called the 'Emperor of the Sea,' a king-like figure who rules the latter part of the Grand Line."
"This young man?" Genzo was shocked.
"Oh, you're flattering me, I'm embarrassed." Eric scratched his cheek, looking at Bellemere with a "Keep going, keep praising me" expression.
Bellemere, Genzo: "..."
Genzo quietly asked, "Are you sure, this young man is one of the Four Emperors?"
Bellemere looked at the handsome face, identical to the one on the bounty poster, and quietly replied, "I was sure before, but now..."
"Hey, I can hear you!"
Bellemere, enduring the pain, mustered the strength to ask, "Why would someone like you come to a remote place like Cocoa West Village?!"
"Bellemere!" Seeing her mother saved, Nami and Nojiko rushed out of the house and hugged Bellemere's legs from behind.
Eric 's gaze shifted downward, scanning the two young girls.
Bellemere quickly extended her hands to shield their figures, while Genzo raised his guns once more. "What do you want to do?!"
Eric smirked, "You, who couldn't even defeat those Fish-Men, what can you do?"
"Even if it costs me my life, I will...!"
"Alright, alright," Eric interrupted Genzo's speech impatiently, pointing at Nami, "I don't have the patience to let you finish. Hand over that little girl to me, and I'll let everyone in your village go. A very reasonable trade, don't you think?"
Nami's small hand suddenly tightened, wrinkling Bellemere's pants.
"Don't joke around!" Genzo yelled in fury, flames and smoke spewing from the barrels of his guns as he fired all the ammunition in his dual guns.
Eric remained perfectly still, standing firm in his place.
"What, what?!"
He opened his right hand, his palm full of black lead bullets. With a tilt of his hand, the round bullets rolled out of Eric 's hand.
'Hahaha, I finally did the bullet catch like in Dragon*!'
Seeing Genzo attack Eric , the surrounding villagers grabbed their weapons and moved in closer.
"Bullets are useless against me," Eric said, his body enveloped in blue electricity.
Bzzz The sound of the electricity was sharp, and a blue lightning column shot into the sky, turning the faces of everyone present white.
The lightning reached the clouds, and in an instant, the sky turned dark, clouds gathered, and thunder rumbled.
The blue lightning danced through the dark clouds, striking down dozens of bolts of lightning.
Boom—!
The lightning created large craters around them.
Eric 's ability froze the villagers in place, making them afraid to move.
Kurome admired, "Wow, brother-in-law is so powerful."
Kurumi held back her impulse to roll her eyes, only wanting to rush up and give Eric a good scolding.
"What's the matter, aren't you coming up to fight me?"
Nami stepped over Bellemere and spoke to Eric , "I'll go with you, but you mustn't hurt anyone else!"
"...!" Genzo's eyes widened, rushing toward Eric , "Don't harm the kids!"
Vroom~! The Conqueror's Haki passed through Genzo, and he fell unconscious to the ground.
"Genzo!" Nami threw herself onto Genzo, shaking him desperately.
"He's fine, just passed out," Eric extended a hand and reached for Nami.
"!" Bellemere saw this and charged toward Eric , hugging him tightly and shouting, "Nami, run!"
This time, the Conqueror's Haki passed through Bellemere. Unable to resist the overwhelming pressure, her body slipped downward, and even as she lost consciousness, her uninjured hand still gripped Eric 's clothes tightly.
"Bellemere!" Nojiko and Nami hugged Bellemere once more.
'What did he do?' Despite the fear and confusion in their hearts, the villagers around them still rushed toward Eric .
'This village... it's really nice.' Eric 's Conqueror's Haki knocked out all the villagers except Dr. Nakao.
Nami and Nojiko shouted, "Everyone!"
"Hey, the doctor over there." Eric ordered Dr. Nakao, "Go check on the villagers, make sure none of them are in any danger."
Dr. Nakao ran over, carefully inspecting the villagers' conditions. He found that they had only lost consciousness and finally relaxed his tense body, shaking his head toward the worried Nami and Nojiko, "They're fine."
"So, Nami, come over here." Eric reached out again, letting her take his hand.
"You take me away!" Nojiko stepped in front of Nami, trying to offer herself instead.
"You also want to dance?"
"Huh?"
"No, do you want to faint as well?" Eric finally pried Bellemere's fingers off his clothes, "Or do you want all the villagers who risked their lives for you to..."
"I'll go with you!"
"Nami!"
"It's okay, Nojiko. I'm the only one, I'll sacrifice myself... everyone else... can live..." Nami said through her tears, Speaking brokenly.
At this moment, Eric not only suffered in pain but also felt the intense stares of the women behind him.
"Wow, our captain has become a lolicon."
"Ugh~ Am I in danger too?"
"You're not even a loli anymore, past your shelf life, too old," Perona mocked.
"Ugh!"
Eric sighed and grabbed little Nami, lifting her onto his shoulder and turning to leave.
Nojiko wanted to chase after them, but Kurome, who was strictly following orders, stopped her, leaving her to watch helplessly as Nami was taken away from Bellemere's side, tears streaming down her face.
...
"Ugh, ugh," Eric placed Nami on the ground. As soon as her feet hit the ground, Nami began crying uncontrollably.
"My shoulder is so wet... Hey, is this white sticky liquid... snot?!"
Nami continued to cry.
Eric could only threaten, "If you keep crying, I'll..."
"!" Nami immediately stopped crying, her nose twitching.
"Wow, the captain is actually threatening a little girl now."
"Captain, you're so mean~"
Having had enough of the mockery, Eric finally kicked Perona and Porche away.
(END CHAPTER)
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